FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Kedan Kumpe, right, operates a robot as children and Soldiers watch during the Family Demo Day hosted by the 663rd Ordnance Company, 242nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), April 20.

FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Kedan Kumpe, right, operates a robot as children and Soldiers watch during the Family Demo Day hosted by the 663rd Ordnance Company, 242nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), April 20.

FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Explosions run in Spc. Matthew Kumpe's Family.

"My wife and I are in the fireworks business," said Mike Kumpe, Matthew Kumpe's father. "But we have nothing like this. This is a little bit bigger."

Three generations of Kumpes joined other Families of the 663rd Ordnance Company, 242nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), at Range 121 for the Family Demo Day, Saturday.

"I think this is a good thing," Mike Kumpe said. "Talking, visiting, bringing Families in, I think it's nice they get acquainted. And seeing the explosions are exciting."

Family members witnessed explosive demonstrations put on by EOD Soldiers, test-drove military robots and tried on bomb suits.

"It's always fun to see more," said Lauren Bagley, wife of Sgt. Matthew Bagley. "That way when they talk about it, you know what they're talking about."